2.19.2003

Free the art!

There's a very good piece, "Creation Myths," by Douglas Clement, in the March issue of Reason which argues that intellectual property rights are not necessary to sustain artistic and technological development. You can read an earlier version of the article here. The articles give one example which I hadn't thought of before: the fashion industry. "An Armani knock-off is just that: a knock-off." Indeed.